Federation of American Scientists Appeals for Wen Ho Lee's Release

By Dan Dupont / August 1, 2000 at 5:00 AM
The Federation of American Scientists, an organization formed by Manhattan Project scientists in 1945, has asked a federal court to grant Wen Ho Lee's motion for bail and release from prison. Lee has been in prison for seven months while the government prepares to try him for alleged computer security violations at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. FAS president Henry Kelly, however, notes in an Aug. 1 letter that the allegations made against Lee have been dramatically scaled back since...

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